2029: Year of the Earth Rooster
The 2029 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Earth Rooster, and it runs from 13 February 2029 to 2 February 2030 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rooster 鸡
- Element and polarity
- Yin Earth
- Gan-Zhi
- Ji You 己酉
- Age this zodiac year
- 3 years from now
Born early in 2029? You may be Monkey, not Rooster
Chinese New Year 2029 fell on 13 February 2029. Anyone born between 1 January 2029 and 12 February 2029 — a window of 43 days — belongs to the 2028 zodiac year, the Yang Earth Monkey, and not to the Rooster.
Check an exact birth date against the 13 February 2029 boundary.
Exact 2029 zodiac year dates
The 2029 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 355 days in total.
Other Rooster years around 2029
| Rooster year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Yin Water Rooster | 23 January 1993 |
| 2005 | Yin Wood Rooster | 9 February 2005 |
| 2017 | Yin Fire Rooster | 28 January 2017 |
| 2041 | Yin Metal Rooster | 1 February 2041 |
| 2053 | Yin Water Rooster | 19 February 2053 |
| 2065 | Yin Wood Rooster | 5 February 2065 |
The exact pairing 己酉 — Yin Earth Rooster — returns only once every sixty years: 1909, 1969, 2089.